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Confederate reckoning : power and politics in the Civil War South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCurry, Stephanie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Confederate States of America > Politics and government.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Women > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
Slavery > Political aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The Confederate project
  • Who are the people?
  • The brothers' war
  • Antigone's claim
  • Soldiers' wives and the politics of subsistence
  • Women numerous and armed
  • "Amor patriae"
  • "Our open enemies"
  • The fall
  • Epilogue: Confederate reckoning.